A SHOP boss is celebrating after a 'Good Samaritan' reunited him with the thief who stole his 'heart'.

Mitch Gilbert, of Alderley's Balloons World Wide, was tipped off where to find the metal symbol of love taken from his premises on the March bank holiday.

A court heard the information led to Mr Gilbert tracking down the £80 ornament - a balloon sculpture shaped like a heart - to a home in nearby South Street.

And this week Mr Gilbert was pleased to find the culprit, 23-year-old tenant Thomas Todd, had been brought to justice.

Mr Gilbert, who uses the sculpture as a prominent advertising feature of his business in Brown Street, said: "A Good Samaritan told me where to find it and this led to the (successful) prosecution of him responsible.

"A man approached me in the shop, he wasn't a friend of mine, and said I think I know where your missing sculpture is."